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Post by Nelly on Apr 18, 2024 9:40:27 GMT
I saw this on Tuesday. What a performance from Sarah Snook (and the very hard working stage management and camera crew). A genuine tour de force. I'd love to see Sarah do more on the stage now.
The production itself was very clever, I wouldn't say it dragged at all but I was starting to get a bit restless by the end. Instant standing ovation and fully deserved.
I was Row C of the upper circle and thought it was a good place to watch it all unfold from, I didn't feel like my experience would have been vastly improved on either of the lower levels.
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Post by n1david on Apr 18, 2024 15:33:47 GMT
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Post by bordeaux on Apr 18, 2024 15:35:25 GMT
One thing I would have liked in the programme is a list of the music used. I noted Marriage of Figaro overture, something from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi's not Frankie Valli's). Anyone know what else was used?
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 18, 2024 16:17:26 GMT
One thing I would have liked in the programme is a list of the music used. I noted Marriage of Figaro overture, something from the Four Seasons (Vivaldi's not Frankie Valli's). Anyone know what else was used? There was definitely a piece from Mica Levi's soundtrack to Under the Skin. |
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Post by amyja89 on Apr 18, 2024 17:02:48 GMT
As captivating as Snook was during my performance, I literally did find myself thinking at one point towards the end that I would love to see Blanchett have a crack at this! Would be tough going to take it away from Sarah but it does feel like something very much up Cate's street doesn't it. |
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Post by aspieandy on Apr 18, 2024 17:25:18 GMT
As I said up thread, it's a great shame Heath Ledger won't get to have crack at this. Can you imagine ..
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Post by confessor on Apr 19, 2024 16:51:43 GMT
I saw the matinée last Saturday and have nothing to add to the praise already rightly heaped onto the technical achievement and Sarah's performance in this, best show I've seen so far this year. Just wanted to share that we had a show stop about 30 minutes before the end (one of the screens got stuck on top of a piece of scenery being moved around). A crew member tapped Sarah on the shoulder and she said something like "I'll be back shortly" before the curtain was brought down, started again around 7 minutes later and Sarah said "pretend that didn't happen" before launching back into it. Must have been quite difficult to jump right back in, and she did stumble over lines a couple of times to start with, nothing major and she corrected herself immediately. Superlative performance and well deserving of that Olivier.
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Post by justin88 on Apr 20, 2024 13:42:34 GMT
Is there any advice on getting cheap last minute tix I would really love to see the show but the prices are sky high!
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Post by mistressjojo on Apr 21, 2024 7:25:08 GMT
As captivating as Snook was during my performance, I literally did find myself thinking at one point towards the end that I would love to see Blanchett have a crack at this! Would be tough going to take it away from Sarah but it does feel like something very much up Cate's street doesn't it. Well Sarah Snook took the role away from someone else, so it's just how things go. |
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Post by drmaplewood on Apr 21, 2024 8:01:48 GMT
Is there any advice on getting cheap last minute tix I would really love to see the show but the prices are sky high! Weirdly I got mine a couple of weeks in advance and it was £40 whereas for other dates it was £75. Not sure if it was just a glitch or that performance was selling particularly slowly but might be worth browsing the performances to see if there's any difference in price. |
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Post by amyja89 on Apr 21, 2024 9:46:15 GMT
As captivating as Snook was during my performance, I literally did find myself thinking at one point towards the end that I would love to see Blanchett have a crack at this! Would be tough going to take it away from Sarah but it does feel like something very much up Cate's street doesn't it. Well Sarah Snook took the role away from someone else, so it's just how things go. Interesting! Who was it originally going to be? |
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Post by NeilVHughes on Apr 21, 2024 10:19:23 GMT
Most excellent.
Unlike anything I have seen in a Theatre before, my seat, dead centre at the back of the dress circle was perfect, a great view of the primary screen and also able to see some of what was going on behind and appreciate Sarah Snook in action.
The stage team and especially the editor did an excellent job, the editing of the film sequences were seamless.
What made this different for me was that it could only be staged, an NT Live wouldn’t work as you would get a movie, it was the action around the screens (literally) that made it a special live experience.
Above all though, Sarah Snook was mesmerising, she was ever present and the acting, especially the minutiae facial movements amplified by the screens was deserving of the Olivier, she rarely if ever had a moment where she could relax and the physicality was more than expected.
in the end paid £125, with the amount I have spent on poor theatre recently it could almost be considered a bargain.
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Post by americanresident3333 on Apr 21, 2024 11:04:18 GMT
Well Sarah Snook took the role away from someone else, so it's just how things go. Interesting! Who was it originally going to be? The role was originally performed by Eryn-Jean Norvill in Australia, but as I understand it Norvill was deemed not famous enough to fill seats on the West End. Jodie Comer did the same thing by the way. The one-woman play she starred in, Prima Facie, was originally performed by Sheridan Harbridge in Australia before it transferred to the West End. Not that that’s something either of them should be ridiculed for. It’s not their faults that the producers of those plays deemed the original actresses not famous enough to recoup the investment of transferring to the West End. It’s a business decision. And while both are more famous and almost assuredly wealthier than the original actresses in those plays, neither are at such a level of fame that it would be wise for them turn down roles like this out of virtue. |
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Post by aspieandy on Apr 21, 2024 12:02:49 GMT
Interesting! Who was it originally going to be? The role was originally performed by Eryn-Jean Norvill in Australia, but as I understand it Norvill was deemed not famous enough to fill seats on the West End. She did a really fine job as the central character in The Confessions at the NT Lyttleton last Oct-Nov. Hope we see more of her.
No surprise Snook and Brian Cox are making hay in the West End on the back of the final season of Succession.
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 22, 2024 6:15:20 GMT
As captivating as Snook was during my performance, I literally did find myself thinking at one point towards the end that I would love to see Blanchett have a crack at this! Would be tough going to take it away from Sarah but it does feel like something very much up Cate's street doesn't it. Well Sarah Snook took the role away from someone else, so it's just how things go. I think it's a little unfair to say she took the role from someone else. The play would not have happened in London without her casting, it's not like it was scheduled with the original actor then Snook swooped in and took it from her. |
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Post by frauleinsallybowles on Apr 26, 2024 10:10:28 GMT
Have finally decided to shell out on this... can anyone whose been report on the view from the stalls? Have never been to the Haymarket so not sure if the front stalls (that are cheaper than a bit further back) will give me a neckache or if I'll miss the screens?
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Post by Dave B on Apr 26, 2024 11:07:14 GMT
Have finally decided to shell out on this... can anyone whose been report on the view from the stalls? Have never been to the Haymarket so not sure if the front stalls (that are cheaper than a bit further back) will give me a neckache or if I'll miss the screens? Row G in the stalls had about 20 minutes of neck ache at the start with a focus on high screens but, for me at least, balanced with the so close view of Snook and the amazing tech crew. |
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Post by partytentdown on Apr 26, 2024 18:14:39 GMT
Last night at one point the screen stopped working and she said "I've broken the internet!" and someone rushed on with a new phone/camera... Is that always in?
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Post by Being Alive on Apr 26, 2024 18:18:29 GMT
Last night at one point the screen stopped working and she said "I've broken the internet!" and someone rushed on with a new phone/camera... Is that always in? Nope ! |
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Post by Rory on Apr 26, 2024 18:21:22 GMT
She does ad lib though. A mobile went off when I saw it and she looked straight at the person and said "Is that for me?"
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Post by lt on May 2, 2024 11:15:30 GMT
Last go at lottery tickets failed yesterday, so sadly one show I won't be seeing...
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Post by amyja89 on May 2, 2024 11:37:16 GMT
Out of interest, has Sarah missed any performances so far?
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Post by vabbian on May 10, 2024 7:19:36 GMT
saw this last night
6 stars - play & performance of the year
Does anyone know the merch situation? I want to return to the theatre today to buy a poster
I can't see any mention of merch online
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Post by Rory on May 10, 2024 7:48:49 GMT
saw this last night 6 stars - play & performance of the year Does anyone know the merch situation? I want to return to the theatre today to buy a poster I can't see any mention of merch online Only a script and programme for sale when I saw it last month. No posters. |
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Post by Rory on May 10, 2024 23:29:38 GMT
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